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προώλης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: προώλης προώλες

Structure: προωλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: o)/llumi

Sense

  1. ruined beforehand

Examples

  • μὴ δῆτ’, ὦ πάντεσ θεοί, μηδεὶσ ταῦθ’ ὑμῶν ἐπινεύσειεν, ἀλλὰ μάλιστα μὲν καὶ τούτοισ βελτίω τινὰ νοῦν καὶ φρένασ ἐνθείητε, εἰ δ’ ἄρ’ ἔχουσιν ἀνιάτωσ, τούτουσ μὲν αὐτοὺσ καθ’ ἑαυτοὺσ ἐξώλεισ καὶ προώλεισ ἐν γῇ καὶ θαλάττῃ ποιήσατε, ἡμῖν δὲ τοῖσ λοιποῖσ τὴν ταχίστην ἀπαλλαγὴν τῶν ἐπηρτημένων φόβων δότε καὶ σωτηρίαν ἀσφαλῆ. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 451:1)

Synonyms

  1. ruined beforehand

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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